NARRATOR

A FEW MONTHS LATER…

Things seemed to be falling into place. The Dukes of Everhart took the place of the Regents.

Despite some discontent, when the Specter King made his first and only appearance before the court of nobles and declared that, by "his balls," the Dukes would now be in charge, everyone had to swallow it—without even a sip of water.

It happened just like that, with the least bit of subtlety, despite having practiced with Sigrid on how to be more sociable and polite in front